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The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.
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2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.
A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.
AeroperĂș Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.
Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.
British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.
An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
Mexican President Gustavo DĂaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Guinea declares its independence from France.
World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
World War II: Ocean Liner RMSÂ Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSÂ Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.
By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy.
American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.
Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.
Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.
The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
Saladin won Jerusalem after the city surrendered to his forces following a prolonged siege.
Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.